AUGUST E. MOLLENAUER, a successful farmer and dairyman of North Strabane township, is a son of Ernest Mollenauer, born in 1828, whose parents were natives of Germany, and came to Allegheny county, Penn., in the year 1848. Ernest Mollenauer was married to Wilhelmina Huth, born in 1832, married in the year 1850, and settled in the old homestead, where 13 children were born to them, of whom are now living: August E., Charles, Henry P., Louisa(wife of A. T. Linn), Harriet E. (wife of Jacob Keitzer), Samuel H., Frederick H., and Mary J. (Mrs. Scott Higbee). Mr. and Mrs. Mollenauer are members of the German Luthern Church. August E. Mollenauer was born February 26, 1856, in Allegheny county, Penn., and was reared and educated on the home farm. On February 26, 1880, he was united in marriage with Mary E. Froebe (born May 1, 1858), daughter of Valentine and Elizabeth (Gutbub) Froebe. Mr. and Mrs. Frobe were both natives of Germany, and came seperatley without their parents to America when they were young. The two families settled in Allegheny, Penn., and on attaining the age of maturity, Valentine was married to Elizabeth Gutbub, who bore him seven children, five sons and two daughters, three of whom are living: Elizabeth (Mrs. Mollenauer). Philip and George W. Mr. Froebe died in the year 1881, and his widow is yet living. She is a member of the Luthern Church, as was her deceased husband. August and Mary (Froebe) Mollenauer have had born to them six children--three boys and three girls: Anna E., born January 12, 1881; Sarah W., born February 23, 1883: Samuel, born September 28, 1886: Eva M., born December 29, 1888; Edward C., born December 29, 1890; and George (deceased). Mr. Mollenauer owns 147 acres of land, and he has engaged in the dairy business for the past eleven years, having twenty cows, and in 1891 shipped 6,650 gallons of milk to Pittsburgh, Penn. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically Mr. Mollenauer is a Republican. Dick August E. Mollenauer, a successful farmer and dairyman of North Strabane township, is a son of Ernest Mollenauer, born in 1828, whose parents were natives of Germany, and came to Allegheny county, Penn., in the year 1848. Ernest Mollenauer was married to Wilhelmina Huth, born in 1832, married in the year 1850, and settled in the old homestead, where 13 children were born to them, of whom are now living: August E., Charles, Henry P., Louisa(wife of A. T. Linn), Harriet E. (wife of Jacob Keitzer), Samuel H., Frederick H., and Mary J. (Mrs. Scott Higbee). Mr. and Mrs. Mollenauer are members of the German Luthern Church. August E. Mollenauer was born February 26, 1856, in Allegheny county, Penn., and was reared and educated on the home farm. On February 26, 1880, he was united in marriage with Mary E. Froebe (born May 1, 1858), daughter of Valentine and Elizabeth (Guthub) Froebe. Mr. and Mrs. Frobe were both natives of Germany, and came seperatley without their parents to America when they were young. The two families settled in Allegheny, Penn., and on attaining the age of maturity, Valentine was married to Elizabeth Guthub, who bore him seven children, five sons and two daughters, three of whom are living: Elizabeth (Mrs. Mollenauer). Philip and George W. Mr. Froebe died in the year 1881, and his widow is yet living. She is a member of the Luthern Church, as was her deceased husband. August and Mary (Froebe) Mollenauer have had born to them six children--three boys and three girls: Anna E., born January 12, 1881; Sarah W., born February 23, 1883: Samuel, born September 28, 1886: Eva M., born December 29, 1888; Edward C., born December 29, 1890; and George (deceased). Mr. Mollenauer owns 147 acres of land, and he has engaged in the dairy business for the past eleven years, having twenty cows, and in 1891 shipped 6,650 gallons of milk to Pittsburgh, Penn. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically Mr. Mollenauer is a Republican.

Text taken from page 1153 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1997 by Dick Howell of Woodsfield, OH as part of the Beers Project. Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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